Improvement in bale-ties



BENJAMIN K. FOWLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO WILLIAM G. BENT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SALE-TIES. i

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 178.7543, dated June 13,1876; application led February 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN K. FOWLER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have-invented an Improvement in Wire Bale- Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention is particularly designed for that class of bands forbinding bales made wholly of Wire, and its object is to provide a cheapand simple tie, which may be readily applied to use, and which willsecurely and firmly connect the ends of the Wire band together.

The invention consists in a cross-bar pivoted in a loop formed on oneend of the band, in combination with an outwardly-turned loop providedupon the other end of the band, ot' and through which .the cross-bar isthrust, and against the inner side of which it is turned and held whenthe tie is in use.

Figure l is a plan view, representing a tie for wire bands for balesmade. and applied to use according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the same. Fig. 3 is a view showing the two parts ofthe tiedetached, )relinlinary to their connection in fastening the band uponthe bale.

A indicates one end of the wire band, upon which is formed the loop a byturning back and twisting the wire band, as shown at a', the outer endof this loop being preferably more or less flat, as shown at a. B is acrossbar, (so termed,) through which is formed an eye, b. (Shown morefully in Figs. l and 3.) This cross-bar may be made of wood or metal. Inthe formation of the loop a., as just described, t-he wire is irstthrust through this eye b', so that when the loop is complete lthecross-bar will be pivoted in the said loop, and be capable of swingingupon the part a there of into a position more or less coincident withthe end A of the band, as indicated in Fig. 3. O represents the oppositeend of the band, having formed upon it a loop, c, in the same mannerthat the loop a is formed upon the other end, A, of the said band, butthis loop c, instead of being longitudinal with the end O of the band,is turned up or outward at an angle to the length of the part C, as moreplainly shown in Fig. 2.

When the band is applied upon the bale the cross-bar B on the end A ofthe band is turned into the position shown in Fig. 3, which enables itto be thrust lengthwise through the loop c of the other end, O, of theband. The cross-bar, being thrust through the loop c, as just described,to a sufficient distance,l is turned at right angles to the end A, andthus brought coincident with the inner side of the loop c, lying acrossthe said loop, as represented at Figs. l and' 2. This done, the usualexpansion ofthe bale, when relieved from the compression to which it issubjected during the placing ot' the band thereon, draws the band tight,the cross-bar holding against the loop c, and the two ends A C of theband being thereby firmly connected.

I-do not claim a rigid cross-piece on one end of the wire tie, adaptedto pass through an enlarged portion of the loop on the other end, asshown in the patent of E. S. LenoX, December 2l, 1869, No. 98,169.Neither do I claim a sliding link provided on one end of the tie', andadapted to be slid through said end of the tie in its passage throughthe loop provided on the other end, as shown in the patent granted to C.A. Ward, No. 157,303, and dated December l, 1874; but

What I claim as my invention is- In a wire band for bales, the cross-barB, pivoted in the loop c, provided upon the one end, A, ot' the band, incombination with the outwardly-turned loop c on the other end, C, of thesaid baud, the same constructed and combined substantially as and forthe purpose herein set forth.

BENJAMIN K. FOWLER.

Witnesses H. WELLS, Jr., WM. TUNNEY.

